Museu Villa-Lobos

Brazil

URL : http://www.museuvillalobos.org.br

overview : Villa-Lobos, in his lifetime considered the greatest composer of the Americas, wrote about 1,000 pieces. His importance resides in one particular fact, among others: he reformulated the concept of musical nationalism, and became its greatest exponent. It was because of Villa-Lobos that Brazilian music became known in other countries, eventually becoming universal in appeal. - The Villa-Lobos Museum is a unit of the IPHAN - Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional

collections : The year after his death, all his collection was entrusted to the Villa-Lobos Museum, created on June 22, 1960 by decree of President Juscelino Kubitschek and administered for 25 years by its founder, Arminda Villa-Lobos.

topics : music